WEBSITE UPDATES
Remember ALL 2025 CDSG memberships EXPIRED on Dec. 31, 2025. Renew or join online for 2026 at Membership Registration
7/2/2026
For researchers, Veterans and naval history enthusiasts, EugeneLeeSlover.com offers one of the web’s largest collections of scanned U.S. Navy technical publications — including Ordnance Pamphlets, range tables, gun and turret manuals, and complete Navy training texts — all freely accessible online. Easily search for and view rare naval training films from WWII through the Cold War, sailors’ stories, and humor.
5/22/2026
The Summer 2026 publications were sent to the printer on May 21. The content of the Summer 2026 (Volume 40, Issue 2) Coast Defense Journal is posted on the Journal Content Page, the Summer 2026 CDSG Newsletter is posted on the newsletter page. Expect mail delivery by mid-June.
1/24/2026
Added a new product to the the CDSG shop. An Oozlefinch lapel pin for $5. Thanks to member Gene Scanlon for donating them to the CDSG.
12/7/2025
Updated the surviving seacoast artillery gun list on the Download Page
11/18/2025
Uploaded table of content collections for the Journal of the United States Artillery (1892-1922), the Coast Artillery Journal (1922-1948-1954) and Liaison (1918-1920) on the Download Page
10/6/2025
A new set of books is available from the CDSG Press: American Seacoast Forts a Directory in four printed volumes. Download the flyer for ordering details, order from the CDSG Shop or order from Amazon.
8/16/2025
The registration information is now available for the 2026 CDSG Conference in Hawaii and will be delivered with upcoming printed publications in early September. The flyer can be downloaded from this link: 2026 CDSG Annual Conference Flyer – Oahu Package – 8-14-25.pdf. You can also register online at the CDSG Shop.
5/17/2025
Loaded all the past CDSG special Tour Reports and the past Annual Annual Conference Reports from the newsletters for handy access on the CDSG Download Page
9/27/2024
The FortWiki site (http://www.fortwiki.com/Fort_Wiki) is dedicated to providing information on an extensive set of American forts and military reservations. The CDSG has taken over ownership of the site from member John Stanton. More details are on the CDSG Forts and Battery Page.
3/8/2024
From member Dale Floyd: a two-part study on field fortifications at Civil War battlefields in central Virginia. Link on Downloads page
11/07/2022
Seacoast Fortification Preservation manual collection has been updated to a total of 3 manuals. A 2006 manual prepared by DoD has been added. Visit the Preservation page or the download page and scroll down to the links to download these manuals!
10/22/2022
Jim Controvich has compiled a index to all the unit histories and some of the memoirs that mention units from the Coast Defense Study Group publications and a few other sources. Download the index from this link.
6/4/2022
The extensively illustrated reports of the CDSG Special Tours to Norway (2013), Switzerland (2019) and Singapore (2020) originally published in the CDSG Newsletter have collated into single documents and have been posted as “Special Tour Editions.” You can download copies from the CDSG Download Page under “Tours”
4/1/2022
Towards the end of the CDSG Press book “American Seacoast Defences” 3rd edition, are the words for the various CAC Songs. Here is a link to an audio recording of the 1934 Coast Artillery March “Crash On Artillery”: https://archive.org/details/78_crash-on-artillery-coast-artillery-marching-song_victor-military-band-the-four-c_gbia0055878/04+-+Crash+On!+Artillery+(Coast+Artiller+-+Victor+Military+Band.flac
2/17/2022
Updates on the efforts to Save Historic Fort Wool. Visit the CDSG’s Save Fort Wool webpage: https://cdsg.org/savefortwool/
1/16/2019
Added links to National Park Service historical studies on the forts at San Francisco, San Diego, Pensacola, and New York. Download links are on the CDSG Download Page
5/19/2018
Updated the CDSG ByLaws and Articles of Incorporation with a new Code of Conduct addendum. These documents are available from the CDSG download page at https://cdsg.org/cdsg-downloads/
5/7/2018
The Coast Defense Study Group (CDSG) and the Fort Monroe Authority Casemate Museum (FMA) have agreed to work together to provide a permanent repository where CDSG members can donate their coast artillery/defense collections (artifacts, books, photographs, documents, etc.). For more details see the CDSG Preservation page or download this document: CDSG_Special Collection_MOU_FMA_Casemate document